Wagon-pole cap.



No. 706,754. Patented Aug. l2, I902. P. HDLMSTRUM.

WAGON POLE CAP.

(Application filed layql, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WWI moses wvemtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK IIOLMSTROM, OF HANCOCK, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM RAMSEY CRAIG, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

WAGON-POLE CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,754, dated August12, 1902., Application filed Mayl. 1902. Serial No. 105,502. (No model)To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK HOLMSTROM,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Hancock, in the county of Stevens and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVagon- Pole Caps, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwagon-pole caps, and has for its object a cap of a novel form hung onthe end of the pole, which shall embrace a means for preventing theneck-yoke ring from becoming disengaged from the pole.

My invention has for its further object a device of this character whichshall be of simple and economical construction, as well as beingefficient in operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention further residesinthe novel details of constructionand combination of parts to beclearly described in the following specification and then set forth inthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisapplication,and wherein like characters of reference indicate similarparts throughout the several views, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 illustrate aside, top, bottom, and end view of the device; and Figs. 5 and 6illustrate details of the tongue or clip,

The pole 1 receives upon its outer end the sleeve 2, secured in anysuitable manner. At its forward end this sleeve is closed and carries apair of spaced lugs 3, formed integral with the said end of the sleeveand 10-.

cated between the top and the bottom thereof. Along its under face thesleeve carries an integral fin 4, of less width than the sleeve andextending from a point approaching the inner end of the sleevedownwardly at an angle to the sleeve, being widest at a point inproximity to the other end of the sleeve, from whence it merges out andupwardly, as at 5, to form a hook 6, having an L-shaped seat formed onits inner upper edge, as at 7. Bctween the saidspaced lugs a tongue orclip Sis pivoted at its head 12 by means of the rivet or the like, thetongue having an in ward movement, which is limited by the sleeve 2, andhas its free end engaging in said L-shaped seat. A spring 10 is securedto the tongue, as at 11, extends over the head of the tongue and betweenthe lugs, and has its free end bearing against the end of sleeve 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a wagon-pole, of a sleeve'on the end thereofcarrying a fin on its under side extending downwardly at an angle to thesleeve and terminating in an areshaped hook having an L-shaped seat onits inner upper edge, a pair of spaced lugs formed integral with the endof the sleeve between the top and bottom thereof, a tongue pivotallysecured between said lugs and having its free end engaging in said seaton the hook, the inward movement of the tongue being limited by theouter endof the sleeve, and a spring secured to the tongue engaging overthe head thereof and having its free end engaging between said lugs andthe end of the sleeve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presenceof twowitnesses.

PATRICK HOLMSTROM. Witnesses:

ALGOT FUL'r, ANDREW J. ERICKSON.

